Mormon Enigma - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Mormon Enigma write by Linda King Newell. This book was released on 1994. Mormon Enigma available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Winner of the Evans Biography Award, the Mormon History Association Best Book Award, and the John Whitmer Association (RLDS) Best Book Award. A preface to this first paperback edition of the biography of Emma Hale Smith, Joseph Smith's wife, reviews the history of the book and its reception. Various editorial changes effected in this edition are also discussed."--back cover.
Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon?
Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? write by Wayne L. Cowdrey. This book was released on 2005. Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Authors determine that The Book of Mormon is an adaptation of an obscure historical novel. Read about their findings.
The Spalding Enigma: Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon
The Spalding Enigma: Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Spalding Enigma: Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon write by Wayne L. Cowdrey. This book was released on 2018-05-15. The Spalding Enigma: Investigating the Mysterious Origin of the Book of Mormon available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Expanded Scholars' Edition Where did The Book of Mormon come from? Who was Solomon Spalding and what connection did his manuscript have with Joseph Smith? To answer these questions, this book critically examines key historical documents, personal testimonies, and records of 19th-century Mormon history to examine this "Spalding Enigma." The authors have spent decades collecting and analyzing evidence to conclude that The Book of Mormon is an "adaptation of an obscure historical novel" written by Revolutionary War veteran Solomon Spalding during the War of 1812. They assert that Mormon founders Sidney Rigdon, Oliver Cowdery, and Joseph Smith Jr. adapted and embellished the Spalding manuscript to create the Book of Mormon. Follow along with Wayne Cowdrey (a relative of Oliver Cowdrey's family), Arthur Vanick, and Howard Davis as they pursue this enigma and present the evidence for you to draw your own conclusion. This Expanded Scholars' Edition contains extensive notes and appendices. A concise Readers' Edition is also available.
Joseph Smith III
Joseph Smith III - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Joseph Smith III write by Roger D. Launius. This book was released on 1995. Joseph Smith III available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This interesting, well-researched biography of the founder of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints covers the 54 years of his presidency, a tenure marked by Mormon factionalism that he succeeded in controlling. The son of the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith III at first resisted succeeding his father as leader and prophet but, as his biographer underscores, his governance from 1860 until his death in 1914 was fiercely committed to the religious legacy of his parent. Differing in style from the elder Smith's "sometimes disastrous impracticality," his son exemplified rugged individualism with a secular pragmatism that sprang from his legal education. An opponent of polygamy, as proclaimed by Brigham Young, the younger Smith established a viable bureaucracy and a style of leadership that characterizes the Mormon community today, notes the author, a military historian.
Polygamy
Polygamy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Polygamy write by E. Keith Howick. This book was released on 2007. Polygamy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is renowned for its humanitarian efforts, the strong work ethic of its members, their dedication to family, and their loyalty to their communities and nations. But not unlike any large religious organization, the church has espoused practices and doctrines that were received critically by those same communities and nations. Among these, the best known is polygamy. Beginning as early as 1831, Mormon prophet Joseph Smith and other early church leaders began marrying multiple women in obedience to their belief in a revelation from Jesus Christ. From the moment their actions became public knowledge, religious organizations, local communities and the U.S. Federal Government actively worked to stop the practice, even if it meant destroying the church. From that moment on, the Mormon doctrine of polygamy was elevated from the odd practice of an obscure American religion to a plank in political platforms affecting the lives of hundreds of the nation's leaders. Join Howick as he discusses the religious, social, political, and legal enigma of Mormon polygamy.
